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  • ️Mon Jan 22 1979

Institute for Revenge is a 1979 American made-for-television drama film starring Sam Groom, Lauren Hutton and George Hamilton.

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Frank Anders, an elderly retiree, is swindled by a high-powered Wall Street financier, Alan Robert (aka Alan Roberto). After exhausting all legal avenues to find justice and recover his lost savings, Mr. Anders is approached by a stranger with a mysterious business card. It is from a private agency known as the I.F.R. Upon contacting the firm, he learns the initials mean "Institute for Revenge." Anders discusses his case against Roberto with the agency's head, Mr. Wellington, who, like Anders, is also elderly. However, the agency's resourceful personnel are young and energetic. And they are dedicated to their mission -- to attain justice for those who, like Mr. Anders, are unable to.

After agreeing to take Anders' case, Wellington assembles a squad of "avengers," led by handsome, well-dressed John Schroeder, who will pose as a corporate raider, out to secure majority ownership of one of Mr. Roberto's lucrative business ventures. Schroeder is accompanied by Lilla, role-playing the part of his beautiful live-in partner. To round out the team, there is T. J., a young wizard aircraft mechanic, who is accompanied by a personable, versatile actress named Joanne. Their job is to use their various talents to achieve two specific goals -- to see to it that millionaire scam-artist Alan Roberto loses his broker's license permanently and that Anders collect the money that Roberto stole from him.